Re: reality check
I think even after 24 hours...no one had real guess of the scope of destruction due to damages of infrastructure like phones and roads/rails...even media who are supposed to be the first one to reach and report were late by days with the exception of Islamabad...
PS: Reporters can just walk in...while the aid has to be organized according to the needs...
Remember...we are a country with little resources...what our armed forces & people...and help from outside have done... should not belittled...
PS: After the quake...there was weather factor too...which hampered the aid deliveries...in my opinion...a combination of helis and C-130s and the kind of similar planes could have supplies' droppings and also could have parachuted the aid personnels...especially from the armed forces...we could have done that...
I think its important not to engage in blaming each other at this time...we should realize our shortcomings...and try to prepare in a better way for the future calamities...(inter)nationally...
The last PS: I think expatriates should transfer money the generous style...as soon as they can...I think rebuilding the lives of the quake affectees will go into billiions...because every sector of life has been destroyed...my initial guess is to start with 10 billion euros...
So long...